From the recording The John Ford Blues Society
Tazewell Tennessee, where my ancestors are originally from. There's even a Ford cemetery there. The story is purely fictional....
Lyrics
I take that road to Tazwell
I take that road to Tazwell
I take that road to Tazwell
See my sweet Cory Bell
Well she's sho' nuff fine
Well she's sho' nuff fine
Lord she's sho' nuff fine
Make me loose my mind
She put that red dress on
She put that red dress on
She put that red dress on
When her man is gone
She talk it soft & low
She talk it soft & low
She talk it soft & low
Ah sooth my soul
Now he come in that back door
He come in that back door
With a Forty Four
With a Forty Four
Lord I shot him down
Lord I shot him down
In that Tazwell town
Lord I shot him down
Now down the road I go
Down the road I go
Down the road I go
Down to Mexico
So long farewell
So long farewell
So long farewell
My sweet Cory Bell